... R US to overcome. This "Big Store Law" went into effect in 1974. It stated that local storeowners must give their consent before a retail outlet with floor space larger than 5400 square feet can be opened in their locale. This law allowed small, local businessmen the authority to force new competitors, namely Toys R US, into a review process that could last years. Most ... ...

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... soaking up new technology like a sponge, is also attempting to control the flow of content over the Internet (having already experienced the world's first "revolution by fax" with the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, in which authorities were unable to censor dissidents' fax communications). But as Hong Kong entrepreneur and new-media enthusiast Jimmy Lai observes, such efforts are ultimately doomed ... ...

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